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Calling all Jones(Rice) Applicants(2015 Intake)Class of 2017

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Sid6

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03 Apr 2015, 01:09

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Rejected... portal updated..

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07 Apr 2015, 12:02

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i had an interview last week, didn't heard anything yet, does anyone know how long they will make the acceptance/rejection decision? I applied professional program. thanks!

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13 Apr 2015, 06:48

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Hey did anyone else apply for the Round 4 deadline for Rice ??

Normally how long does it take for the interview invitations to be sent after the deadline ??

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22 Apr 2015, 07:29

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Hey did anyone else apply for the Round 4 deadline for Rice ??

Normally how long does it take for the interview invitations to be sent after the deadline ??

It seems that only two of us are on this boat! - better for us :lol:

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26 Apr 2015, 23:31

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hello all,

I'm an International student admitted in R1.
Is there a whatsapp group for any of the admitted students?

Mortiz88

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27 Apr 2015, 05:33

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reno1987

hello all,

I'm an International student admitted in R1.
Is there a whatsapp group for any of the admitted students?

I had made that question before an no one answer me. Let’s start a new group. I am also an international student.

Oleh

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03 May 2015, 06:29

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Hey did anyone else apply for the Round 4 deadline for Rice ??

Normally how long does it take for the interview invitations to be sent after the deadline ??

Have you heard from them?

karthikpr

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29 May 2015, 08:29

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reno1987

hello all,

I'm an International student admitted in R1.
Is there a whatsapp group for any of the admitted students?

Hello.. Did you guys start a whatsapp group ? I am an admit from India.

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The MBA Recruiting Process – Insights from Darden ’15 Grad and CEO of RelishMBA

Hello from the RelishMBA team, and congratulations on being admitted to the MBA Class of 2017! My name is Sarah, and I’m a recent Darden School of Business graduate who founded RelishMBA, an online recruiting platform built specifically for the business school recruiting market. As a recent grad who works full-time in the MBA recruitment space, I wanted to share some recruiting advice and tips to help you prepare for arriving on campus at Jones.

The first thing to be aware of is that MBA recruiting is a long and intense process. Recruiting activities begin quickly once you’re on campus and they take up a huge amount of your time and energy for most of your first year. While virtually all top MBA students have great jobs available to them, finding those jobs can be frustrating and stressful, with relevant information often hard to find and a complex networking process that can be tough to effectively manage. I started RelishMBA to address these problems and make the process more efficient for both students and employers.

The summer is a great time to get started with recruiting processes (while you don’t have to worry about school, student clubs, social life, and the dozens of other activities that fill up your time during first year). Luckily, there are a few things you can do to prepare before school starts in August: Relax. Explore. Prepare.

Relax – business school is a big change from the working world; take a bit of time off. You deserve it and you’ll need the break!

Explore – In your time relaxing, begin checking out what industries and companies recruit MBAs. This is something RelishMBA helps with. Sign-up at RelishMBA.com to begin exploring employer’s company pages on MBA Careers specific for your school (“day in the life” alumni testimonials, on-campus presence, key points of contact, etc.).

Prepare – And lastly, get your resume ready. Below are some tips from my experience.
It’s also important to remember that once you’re on campus, you’ll be networking with recruiters and alumni frequently – and RelishMBA will help you here too, through relationship management tools that make it easy to stay on top of your networking game. Have any questions? Reach out anytime at recruit@relishmba.com.

Resume Tips:

1) Writing your resume is your first Marketing assignment

Your resume is essentially a one-page advertisement designed to sell your brand to employers. But as your first year marketing class will tell you, marketing is about a lot more than just a fancy design and a few well-placed buzzwords. Think about your audience (i.e. who will be reading your resume? Finance recruiters? Consultants? Marketers? Others?) and how you are positioning yourself with that audience (i.e. what work experiences would be most relevant or interesting to the recruiters reading your resume?).

For example, if you’re headed up to Wall Street, focus on the more quantitatively rigorous parts of your work experience, and try to make sure that your resume as a whole reflects an interest in and passion for finance and its associated disciplines. Future consultants will want to highlight problem-solving and analytical thinking. Marketers could talk about leading cross-functional teams or point out examples of especially effective communication.

And if you are not sure what you want to do, don’t sweat it – there are lots of you out there, and it’s no big deal for the next few weeks or months. But regardless of your eventual industry or function targets, remember: your resume is not just a chronicle of your past work achievements; it is an advertisement designed to effectively sell you and your brand to recruiters.

2) Be concise but specific

This is one of the more difficult parts of honing your resume: providing specific examples of relevant work accomplishments in a way that a recruiter can easily digest in a few seconds. Try starting each bullet point with a strong action word. Instead of saying something like “Helped to more than double sales during tenure in catchment area,” try something like “Launched blogger outreach program that increased web traffic by 72% and increased sales by 120%”.

These sorts of hard numbers are really helpful, especially since many recruiters will spend only a few seconds looking at your resume and those numbers stand out on the page. So it’s also important to be sure that your bullet points can be read and processed easily. And if you don’t have a lot of specific numbers to add to your resume, it’s still important to be specific about your accomplishments and to pick your words wisely.

3) Add some flair

You should be careful with how much flair you add to your resume, but it’s a good idea to think of ways to set yourself apart from the competition. The “Personal” section at the bottom of your resume, where you list hobbies, activities, and interests, is an easy place to hook a recruiter (or break the ice in an interview). Only mention things that are truly a part of your life, but still consider your audience and which of your hobbies or experiences might be of interest to the recruiters reading your resumes. Once you reach campus, you’ll hear plenty of stories about students who were able to land first or even second-round interviews largely on the basis of what seem like minor resume items.

Other ways to add flair:

-Were you kind of a big deal in college? It’s worthwhile to mention any particularly important or impressive extracurriculars from your undergrad days (particularly leadership roles), and including club affiliations and other school-specific positions can be a good idea once you get onto campus

-Recruiters are looking to hire real people, not business robots. Make sure your resume – the accomplishments you choose to mention, the structure and content of the Personal section – reflects your personality.

4) Don’t be careless

This is the part where we tell you that a few people every year submit resumes with misspelled words or mismatched fonts or other significant but easily avoidable mistakes, and that you could be one of those people if you’re not careful, and you think “I’d never be that much of an idiot,” and then you send your resume to McKinsey or Google with your name spelled wrong at the top. Don’t be that person.
Seriously, just get a friend to read it. Several friends. Have a resume-reading party. But don’t spell your name wrong.

Have any questions? Reach out anytime at recruit@relishmba.com

Sincerely,
RelishMBA Team

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25 Nov 2015, 22:57

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Hey guys,

As you are veterans of this process, i would like to know something:

I am a R1 applicant for Fall '16 Rice... My GMAT score is 640.. I have been interviewed and till now everything seems normal.. As the decision date is nearing.. I somehow have the feeling that my GMAT score is not upto the mark to secure an admit because of the dings i got from 2 similar ranked programs.. Though at the same time im really positive of my chances at Rice.. Do 640s have an equal shot as 690s after the interviews are over?? Is it just an irrational fear of mine or does this fear really has some gravity to it?

Would live to know your thoughts on this one!

Cheers,
Snake Eyes

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I think you have just as much of a chance as a 690. I really wouldn't worry about it. If you're the whole package and one or two things are off for you such as a GMAT score or number of years work experience, it doesn't matter, as schools can still want you for who you are and what you've done. The GMAT is just a baseline and ive been surprised that I feel pretty good about all the schools I've interviewed at and my score is at the 20% percentile or below for most of my schools. Rice loves vets, so I wouldn't worry! See what happens and if you don't get in, ask for some feedback if they allow it and see what part of your profile needs improvement. Best of luck!

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26 Nov 2015, 04:40

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SnakeEyes

Also you're on the wrong Rice page, search for Class of 2018 intake 2016

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Also you're on the wrong Rice page, search for Class of 2018 intake 2016

I purposely posted on a prior year post! Hence, the statement "as you guys are veterans of this process"! Also i never mentioned that im a veteran, by veteran i meant the people who have been through this process!